Portable Tabacco Fume Combustor

ABSTRACT

A portable cigarette smoke combustor that can prevent spread of cigarette smoke to the air during smoking is disclosed. The portable cigarette smoke combustor includes: includes: a smoking portion including the first chamber for insertion of a cigarette and a lighter; a cigarette smoke injection portion disposed adjacent to the smoking portion and forming the second chamber for receiving mainstream smoke in the mouth of a smoker; a cigarette smoke combustion portion including a means for combusting cigarette smoke flown into the second chamber; and a sidestream smoke emitting means controlling sidestream smoke generated from the first chamber to flow to the second chamber. 
     The second chamber is preferably formed as a venture pipe, and the first chamber and the second chamber are connected with each other through a neck portion of the venture pipe. 
     As the means for combusting the cigarette smoke in the second chamber, a flame generator using a gas or liquid fuel may be used. The flame generator may be provided as a small-sized typical torch and then installed in the second chamber.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a portable Tobacco fume combustor thatcan minimize tobacco fume generated during smoking of tobacco throughcombustion.

(b) Description of the Related Art

In generation, cigarette smoke fume generated during smoking includesmainstream smoke emitted when a smoker exhales inhaled cigarette smokein his mouth and sidestream smoke emitted from the burning end of thecigarette.

Since the cigarette smoke includes hazardous substances, non-smokingareas are restrictively set.

In particular, the cigarette smoke contains gas components, and the gascomponents spread during smoking damage to the surrounding people.

A method for filtering hazardous substances in the water by passingcigarette smoke in the water has been researched and developed, but hasnot been realized yet.

The above information disclosed in this Background section is only forenhancement of understanding of the background of the invention andtherefore it may contain information that does not form the prior artthat is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill inthe art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a portablecigarette smoke combustor that can reduce damage of secondhand smokingby minimizing generation and spread of cigarette smoke.

A portable cigarette smoke combustor according to the present inventionincludes: a smoking portion including the first chamber for insertion ofa cigarette and a lighter; a cigarette smoke injection portion disposedadjacent to the smoking portion and forming the second chamber forreceiving mainstream smoke in the mouth of a smoker; a cigarette smokecombustion portion including a means for combusting cigarette smokeflown into the second chamber; and a sidestream smoke emitting meanscontrolling sidestream smoke generated from the first chamber to flow tothe second chamber.

The second chamber is preferably formed as a venture pipe, and the firstchamber and the second chamber are connected with each other through aneck portion of the venture pipe.

As the means for combusting the cigarette smoke in the second chamber, aflame generator using a gas or liquid fuel may be used. The flamegenerator may be provided as a small-sized typical torch and theninstalled in the second chamber.

The portable cigarette smoke combustor according to the presentinvention combusts hazardous substances of particles or gas componentsincluded in the mainstream smoke by injecting the mainstream smoke thatthe smoker inhaled to the cigarette smoke combustion portion so thatproblems in secondhand smoking caused by smoking during smoking can beminimized.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a portable cigarette smokecombustor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the portable cigarette smokecombustor shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a figure provided for description of a state that a cigaretteis smoked while being inserted in the portable cigarette smoke combustoraccording to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a figure provided for description of an action that smoking isperformed in the portable cigarette smoke combustor according to thepresent invention and then cigarette smoke in the mouth of a smoker isblown into a combustion means.

FIG. 5 is a figure provided for description of a process that sidestreamsmoke flows the combustion means in the portable cigarette smokecombustor according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a figure illustrating that filter is provided in the portablecigarette smoke combustor according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

A portable cigarette smoke combustor according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention will be described with reference tothe accompanying drawings.

While this invention has been described in connection with what ispresently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the disclosedembodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover variousmodifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit andscope of the appended claims.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a portable cigarette smoke combustoraccording to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includesa body 2.

The body 2 may be made of a heat-resistive and light material, andincludes a smoking portion 4 at one side thereof.

The smoking portion 4 includes a chamber A1 formed in the body 2 andhaving a size that enables insertion of a cigarette C.

The chamber A1 is formed along a length direction of the body 2 and thusthe cigarette C can be inserted therein. The chamber A1 may furtherinclude a fixing member A2 that guides insertion of the cigarette C andstably support the cigarette C.

The fixing member A2 may be formed of a cylinder-shaped metal net or acylinder-shaped metal having a plurality of holes formed therein. Thefixing member A2 has an internal diameter that can insert the cigaretteC therein.

A lighter A3 is provided in a portion where one side of the fixingmember A2 is provided to light the cigarette C inserted into the chamberA1.

The lighter A3 may use any known type of lighter. A lighter using a gasor liquid fuel or a lighter using electric energy may be used as thelighter A3. An ignition switch (not shown) of the lighter A3 is providedin an external side of the body 2.

A plurality of micro holes 5 are formed in the body 2 for air flow intothe chamber A1. As shown in FIG. 1, the holes 5 may be formed in theupper surface, the side surface, or the bottom surface of the body 2.

The smoking portion 4 includes a pressing member A4 to put out thecigarette C after smoking the cigarette C. The pressing member A4includes a protruding portion protruding to the outside of the body 2 sothat a user can press the protruding portion, and the pressing member A4contacts the external surface of the fixing member A2 in which thecigarette C is inserted and thus the cigarette C can be put out by beingpressed with a pressing force transmitted thereto. The pressing memberA4 may further be effective in put out the cigarette when being disposedopposite to a support portion P protruded in an inner side of thesmoking portion 4.

With such a structure, lighting a cigarette and putting out thecigarette both can be performed in the body 2 so that cigarette smokecan be prevented from being spread to the outside.

It may be easy to clean cigarette ash generated during smoking when thesmoking portion 4 is manufactured separately from the body 2 anddetachably coupled to the body 2.

A cigarette smoke combustion portion 6 is provided adjacent to thesmoking portion 4 in the body 2.

The cigarette smoke combustion portion 6 may be integrally formed withthe body 2 or detachably coupled to the body 2.

The cigarette smoke combustion portion 6 functions to receive and burnthe cigarette smoke remaining in the mouth of the smoker during smoking.

For such a function, the cigarette smoke combustion portion 6 accordingto the present exemplary embodiment includes a path 7 having an inletand an output, a flame generation means 8 provided on the path 7, and amouth piece 9 provided as a cigarette smoke injection means for blowingcigarette smoke into the inlet side of the path 7 with ease.

The path 7 has a venture pipe structure, and such a structure isnecessary to suck out the cigarette smoke generated in the chamber A1 ofthe smoking portion 4 to the path 7.

That is, a through-path 10 is formed between the chamber A1 and the path7 and thus a pressure difference generated due to a flow passing throughthe path 7 so that the cigarette smoke in the chamber A1 can be suckedout.

The through-path 10 includes two or more through-paths to promptly suckout the cigarette smoke in the chamber A1.

The flame generation means 8 may be a small touch or lighter using a gasor liquid fuel. One or more touches 1 may be provided.

A metal net 12 may be provided adjacent to the flame generation means 8,and the metal net 12 is heated by flame to secondarily combust thecigarette smoke on the path 7, passing through the metal net 12.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, a filter 14 is provided in the outletside of the path 7 to filter hazardous substances that may be includedin the combusted cigarette smoke passing through the path 7. The filter14 may have a structure that can be detachable so as to be replaced.

The cigarette smoke combustion portion 6 according to the presentexemplary embodiment may be integrally formed with the smoking portion4, or individually attached to or detached from the smoking portion 4.

Such a portable cigarette smoke combustor according to the presentinvention is made small in size so that the length and the thicknessthereof is similar to those of a cigarette case.

A shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3, a cigarette is inserted from aside of the smoking portion 4 formed in the body 2 and the cigarette islighted using a lighter A3 while an end of the cigarette contacts thelighter A3.

A smoker lights the cigarette and smokes the cigarette using a typicalmethod. In this case, the smoker holds the mouth piece 9 with his mouthand blows cigarette smoke inhaled in his mouth to the path 7 rather thanblowing the cigarette smoke to the air.

Simultaneously, the flame generation means 8 is turned on to emit flameinto the path 7, and then the cigarette smoke flowing through the path 7is combusted by the flame.

Through such a combustion process, mainstream smoke among the cigarettesmoke is combusted such that the hazardous substances are significantlyreduced.

In addition, during such a combustion process of the mainstream smoke,the smoker is not holding the cigarette in his mouth. In such a state,smoke generated from combustion of the cigarette, that is, sidestreamsmoke is generated.

The sidestream smoke remains in the chamber A1. When the smoker blowsmainstream smoke into the path 7 while holding the mouth-piece 9 withhis mouth, air flow in the path 7 is quickened and thus a pressuredifference is generated, and the pressure difference causes thesidestream smoke remaining in the chamber A1 to move to the path 7through the through-path 10.

Therefore, the sidestream smoke moved to the path 7 is also combusted bythe flame generated in the flame generation means.

As described, since the mainstream smoke and the sidestream smokegenerated during smoking are simultaneously combusted, spread of thesmoke into the air during smoking can be minimized.

Further, during the cigarette smoke combustion process of the flamegeneration means, the metal net 12 is heated to a very high temperatureby the flame and thus substances included in the non-combusted cigarettesmoke is combusted in the high-temperature metal net 12 when thecigarette smoke passes therethrough.

In addition, the cigarette smoke combusted two times is emitted to theair along the path 7, and the filter 14 provided in the outlet side ofthe path 7 filters foreign particles that may be generated duringcombustion.

When the externally protruded portion of the pressing member A4 ispressed to put out the cigarette after smoking, the external portion ofthe fixing member A2 surrounding the cigarette is pressed while pressingthe cigarette with the support portion P so that the cigarette light isextinguished.

As described, the portable cigarette smoke combustor according to thepresent invention prevents cigarette smoke from spread to the air fromlighting of the cigarette to extinguishing of the cigarette, therebypreventing spread of bed smell and hazardous substances caused fromsmoking to the air.

In particular, the main stream smoke and the side stream smoke generatedfrom smoking can be simultaneously combusted so that damage tosurrounding people due to cigarette smoke during in-door smoking can beminimized.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is applicable in industries related totechnologies for removing cigarette smoke during smoking. In particular,the present invention is applicable to a portable cigarette smokecombustor that can be carried with a cigaratte.

What is claimed is:
 1. A portable cigarette smoke combustor comprising:a smoking portion including a chamber for insertion of a cigarette and alighter; a cigarette smoke injection portion disposed adjacent to thesmoking portion and forming a path formed to enable passage ofmainstream smoke in the mouth of a smoker; a cigarette smoke combustionportion including a means for combusting cigarette smoke flown into thepath; and a sidestream smoke emitting means controlling sidestream smokegenerated from the chamber to flow to the path.
 2. The portablecigarette smoke combustor of claim 1, wherein the path is formed as aventure pipe.
 3. The portable cigarette smoke combustor of claim 1,wherein the smoking portion comprises a fixing member inducing insertionof a cigarette and supporting the cigarette.
 4. The portable cigarettesmoke combustor of claim 1, wherein the sidestream smoke emitting meansis a through-path connecting the chamber of the smoking portion and thepath.
 5. The portable cigarette smoke combustor of claim 1, wherein thepath further comprises a metal net heated by a flame generation means.6. The portable cigarette smoke combustor of claim 1, further comprisinga filter provided in an outlet side of the path.
 7. The portablecigarette smoke combustor of claim 1, wherein a mouth-piece is providedin the cigarette smoke injection portion.
 8. The portable cigarettesmoke combustor of claim 1, wherein the smoking portion furthercomprises a pressing member to put out cigarette light.
 9. The portablecigarette smoke combustor of claim 3, wherein the fixing member isformed of a cylinder-shaped metal net or a cylinder-shaped metal platehaving a plurality of holes formed therein.
 10. The portable cigarettesmoke combustor of claim 1, wherein a plurality of micro holes areformed in the smoking portion to supply oxygen for combustion of thecigarette.
 11. The portable cigarette smoke combustor of claim 1,wherein the cigarette smoke combustion portion comprises a flamegeneration means.
 12. The portable cigarette smoke combustor of claim11, wherein the flame generation means is a torch using a gas or liquidfuel or a lighter.